Every time you turn on that shower or flush that toilet bowl, the dollars start adding up. By a 5-to-1 vote, the Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority raised its water rates by five percent. It’s the third year in a row for a rate hike.

When the final bids were opened on Mayor Ravenstahl’s proposal to lease the city’s parking garages and neighborhood meters for 50 years, the mayor declared his surprise. “The winning bid of $451 million, it certainly […]